One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization

by Dee Hock

In industrial age organizations, purpose slowly erodes into process. Procedure takes precedence over product.The doing of the doing is why nothing gets done.Simmons

abandon tradition, throw detailed planning to the winds, rely on a clear sense of direction, a few simple principles, common sense, trust in the ingenuity of people, and let the answers emerge.

can never replace clarity of shared purpose and clear, deeply held principles about conduct in pursuit of that purpose. Principles are never

hope, vision, values, and meaning,

its success has enormously more to do with clarity of a shared purpose, common principles, and strength of belief in them, than with money, material assets, or management practices, important as they may be.